J.D. Salinger’s ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ is written with the intention to display to it’s audience a typical teenage character facing the common fears and anxieties associated with transitioning from childhood to adulthood. The intended audience of ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ is definitely teenagers as the novel deals with teenage perspectives on issues such as relationships‚ sexuality‚ rebellion‚ education and changing emotions. All of these issues that are presented through the central character
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This semester‚ I read the book The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger. This is a stunning book about a teenager named Holden Caulfield who has gotten kicked out of prep school after prep school‚ and after being kicked out of his current school‚ he tries to avoid making contact with his parents so they don’t find out that he flunked out of school. He has days of self-reflection and thinking while wandering the streets‚ going to countless bars‚ and meeting up with people from his past. He remembers
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The Namesake showcases a boy named Gogol who culturally different from the rest of society‚ and undergoes numerous life changing situations. A namesake is a person named after another. The namesake in this novel being Gogol and the author of the Overcoat‚ Nikolai Gogol but to why his father chose this name and this namesake is a mystery to Gogol Ganguli. Symbolism‚ something used quite commonly throughout the novel‚ in which it shows two major symbols. These being the name “Gogol” and trains‚ all
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In Catcher in the Rye‚ J.D Salinger over takes the voice of a 16 year old cynical boy Holden Caulfield who was recently expelled from his fourth school. Though Holden is the narrator and protagonist of the story Salinger’s main focus is not on Holden but on the reality of adulthood. Holden is constantly faced with the thought that it is his fate to control the purity of the youth. Having suffered a traumatic loss of a sibling at a young age‚ Holden develops a pessimistic view on the world and the
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How does Holden Caulfield see himself as ‘The Catcher in the Rye’? Most teenagers are rebels because they do not know how to deal with the transition from childhood innocence to adult corruption. This is a recurrent behavior displayed by the protagonist in J.D. Salinger’s‚ ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ – Holden Caulfield. The book maps the three impactful days that played a pivotal role in his life. During this time frame‚ Holden got thrown out of school‚ ran away from his school before he was scheduled
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Holden Caulfield undertakes a journey of personal discovery. Every journey begins with a first step. What are Holden’s first steps? How does his character react to the world around him as he begins his ‘hero’s quest’? Holden Caulfield is an extremely unique character. Through his inability to conform to the rules of the adult world that he is sucked into‚ he frequently criticizes people and is extremely judgemental to those around him. He calls people who reject him “phonies”‚ as a way to psychologically
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1. In J.D. Salinger’s novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ the main character Holden Caulfield displays an obsessive dislike for "phonies”. Holden mentions the word “phony” regularly throughout the course of the novel. Holden thought everyone at Elkton Hills‚ one of the prep schools he’d gone to‚ were all phonies. But the biggest one of all was Mr. Hass‚ the headmaster of Elkton Hills. “ For instance‚ they had this headmaster‚ Mr. Haas‚ that was the phoniest bastard I ever met in my
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Going through adolescence includes quite a lot problems for teenagers to overcome. Holden Caulfield‚ from The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ is a seventeen year old boy who is in his bloom of youth‚ and growing up. He has just been kicked out from his fourth school‚ which makes things harder for him. Just like Holden‚ Angela Chase‚ from tv series called My So-Called Life‚ is a teenager in ninth grade‚ who had problems about fitting in society until she grows up. Then‚ growing up lets her change
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There comes a time when everybody has to say good-bye to their teenage years and become an adult. The carefree childhood will be challenged by strains and expectations. Those unwilling to face them are doomed to fail. Holden Caulfield‚ the 16-year-old protagonist of J.D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye‚ is one of the adolescents who question the attraction of being an adult. Shortly before Christmas vacation‚ Holden has been expelled from an elite prep school in Pennsylvania. Disinclined
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(Provide examples from the text). In the first sentence in chapter 3‚ Holden tells the reader‚ “I’m the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.” How does this connect to his character? How does Holden Caulfield’s name encompass his personality? What kind of reading does Holden like? What authors and types of stories do you enjoy? What is Holden’s criterion for a good book? Does Catcher in the Rye meet this criterion for you? Tell us about the topic you are choosing for the third paper and
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